24 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8l 



design here is in two parts, one a connected line reaching to the tip of 

 each wing and descending to the base, and another occupying the up- 

 right central projection, then passing up along the inner sides of the 

 wings to continue on the opposite side in a similar but simplified 

 design. 



The object illustrated by g is flat on the bottom and is broken at 

 one end, but from the design it may be judged to have come to a 

 point as at the opposite end. The short cross lines in pairs, such as 

 were observed on the harpoon heads, a and h, are here still more 

 prominent. They divide into segments the space within the four long 

 curving bands and serve to tie these together. There are also some- 

 what longer cross lines in the central panel, connected by a single 

 straight line and enclosed at one end by a pair of lines that come to 

 a point near the large circular perforation. This was drilled after the 

 decoration was completed and passes through a double lined triangular 

 figure similar to the one below. 



On plate 14 is illustrated an object similar to the fragmentary speci- 

 men shown on plate 13, c. It is from Kukuliak, St. Lawrence Island, 

 and is owned by Mr. C. L. Andrews. The five circular and rectangular 

 perforations noted on the former specimen are visible here. At the 

 center, instead of an elevation, is a circular depression. Within this 

 are placed two roughly crescent-shaped figures which touch at the 

 centers. Pendant from these are two short lines ending in dots, and in 

 each crescent a central dot and a short cross line at the ends. En- 

 circling the central concavity is a single line and beyond, in both direc- 

 tions, three additional curving lines. Between these are slightly curved 

 triangular figures enclosing a central dot, their apices pointing out- 

 ward, with the exception of the first one to the right which points 

 back toward the center. On both sides of the triangles are single de- 

 tached dots. The triangles on this object are very similar to those 

 shown on plate 12, d. 



The harpoon head shown on plate 15, a, has an open socket and as 

 usual the line hole parallel with the blade slit. The incised lines 

 forming the decoration are lightly applied. It has on each side two 

 pairs of lines extending up toward the point and between these other 

 lines that enclose the circular line hole in a narrow triangular pattern. 



Plate 15, h, is a closed socket harpoon head with the upper end 

 broken away. The blade slit appears to have run parallel with the line 

 hole. The broken end of the foreshaft remains wedged in the socket. 

 The decoration of lines and dots is quite similar to those on the har- 

 poon heads shown on plate 12. The lines are still filled with red ochre. 



In c and d are illustrated two interesting harpoon heads with en- 



